Jean-Christophe Godet is an international curator and founder of the Guernsey Photography Festival. He is also the co-founder and Artistic Director of a new major festival in France: GLAZ Festival (Rencontres Internationales de Photographie de Rennes). Both festivals brings together major names in international photography with a host of emerging talent, for a packed month of exhibitions, projections, talks, educational workshops and community events. Both festival concentrates mainly on contemporary photography including documentary and conceptual work. Jean-Christophe can offer various platforms for photographers through the festivals range of exhibitions, talks series and artist in residence programmes. Both festivals have developed close relationships with other major international festivals, galleries, agencies and publishers so JC can recommend people when appropriate. guernseyphotographyfestival.com glaz-festival.com @jchristophe_godet

Diane Smyth is Editor of the British Journal of Photography and the Photoworks Annual. She also teaches History and Theory of Photography at the London College of Communications, University of the Arts London, and has given talks and workshops at institutions such as London School of Economics and King's College London. Diane has written about photography for The Guardian, FT Weekend Magazine, Aperture, FOAM, Trigger, Apollo, The Art Newspaper, and more, and contributed essays to many photography catalogues and monographs.

She originally studied for a BA in English Language and Literature at the University of Birmingham, and also holds an MA in Modern Literatures in English from Birkbeck College, University of London.

www.1854.photography photoworks.org.uk @dismy

Caroline is an award-winning picture editor for The Guardian's Saturday magazine. With three decades of experience, she has worked with some of the most prominent names in photography. Caroline commissions a wide range of photography; from documentary and still-life, to conceptual photography and portraiture. She is a regular reviewer at international photography festivals. Caroline has been a jury member for a number of leading photography competitions including World Press Photo, Portrait of Britain, LensCulture and the Leica Oskar Barnack Award. https://www.carolinehunter.com/ @gdnsaturday https://www.theguardian.com/theguardian/saturday

Alex Kahl is the Online Editor of WePresent, the arts platform of WeTransfer. He runs WePresent Selects-their monthly series of eight stories about artists from around the world-leading the curation and working closely with each artist featured to find the best way to tell their story and represent their work, both digitally and through events and activations. The WePresent Selects spotlight a wide variety of artists, from more established names to those at earlier stages in their careers, with many of them using the space to premiere new projects. The series has so far featured photographers such as Mous Lamrabat, Carolyn Drake and Simon Wheatley, and in total WePresent has featured work from over 1000 artists from more than 120 countries across the globe. Alex has been working at WePresent since 2018 and in that time the platform has won numerous awards, including an Academy Award, Cannes Lions, Webbys, D&AD awards and a BIFA. wepresent.wetransfer.com @alex.kahl

João Kulcsár is the Director and founder of the São Paulo Photography Festival and the Paranapiacaba Photo Festival in Brazil. He holds a Master's degree in Arts from the University of Kent, UK, British Council scholarship and was a Visiting Scholar at Harvard University, USA. Kulcsár has been a Professor and Coordinator of Photography at Senac University since 1990 and is the former president of the Brazilian Network of Photography Producers. He has Curated more than 100 photographic exhibitions in Brazil, including shows featuring Claudia Andujar, Magnum 60 Years, Edward Curtis, Observers - British Scene Photography from 1930 to Today, Immigrant Portraits at the Ellis Island Museum (New York), Magnum at the Cinema, Arno Rafael Minkkinen's Body as Evidence, Henri Cartier-Bresson, Elliott Erwitt, and Altered Ocean. Internationally, he has curated exhibitions in Portugal, the United States, Cuba, England, Italy, Hungary, and Switzerland. He is also the Director of the Visual Literacy Program in Brazilian public schools and author of several books published in Brazil. @festfotosaopaulo www.alfabetizacaovisual.com.br @joaokulcsar

Jenni Grainger is the Director of London-based Photography Recource Centre, Photofusion. Photofusion, established over 34 years ago, is a registered charity and is London's largest all-encompassing photography centre; with darkrooms, film processing services, digital production facilities, galleries, a studio, on-site shop (Parallax), strong membership programme and many educational and outreach courses. Prior to joining Photofusion, Jenni has been a Producer and Executive Director in the Arts Sector for the last 23 years, predominantly working in Performing Arts before moving to Visual Arts in 2024. As Director, Jenni is responsible for the strategic vision, financial sustainability, and artistic excellence of the company, in a strong partnership approach with staff, customers, artists, partners, and funders. In her spare time she also serves as a Trustee for a City Farm, and returns to Derby regularly to visit family (as Derby is her home-town). www.photofusion.org @photofusionuk

Yining He is a researcher and curator of visual arts based in China. She is the founder of two independent journals, Floating Island and Starlight. Her scholarly contributions have been published widely in both Chinese and English, appearing in peer-reviewed journals, edited book chapters, and exhibition catalogues. With over 50 curated group exhibitions across China and Europe, Yining's curatorial work engages with transnational artistic practices and fosters dialogue across diverse cultural contexts. Yining is the co-founder of the Decolonial Being Network - a transnational actant network of artists, researchers, curators, and cultural practitioners committed to revealing and communicating the pervasive coloniality embedded in contemporary being(s) while envisioning a decolonial future. www.heyining.com @yining_he_

Wang Peiquan is the director of Lishui Photography Festival & Director of China Photographers Association, Member of Curator Committee of China Photographers Association, Expert of Photofolio Review of Photolucida (2011). Judge of "Xv Xiaobing" National Photography Exhibition, Zhejiang Cutting-edge Contemporary Photography exhibition, Top 20 Chinese Cutting-edge Contemporary Photography Exhibition, "Boqi" Photographic Contest and China Village Photography Exhibition. www.lishuiphoto.org